MMA Top 25 by weight class through fights of April 30, 2019
Heavyweight - over 205 lbs.
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Daniel Cormier | HW | 96.31 | 18-1-0 | UFC | [HW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Stipe Miocic | HW | 57.27 | 13-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Bader | HW | 53.89 | 19-5-0 | Bell | |
| 4 | 4 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 41.21 | 7-2-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Cheick Kongo | HW | 32.38 | 28-10-2 | Bell | |
| 6 | 6 | Junior dos Santos | HW | 31.59 | 15-4-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 7 | Alistair Overeem | HW | 31.08 | 39-17-0 | UFC | Beat #23 Alexey Oleynik |
| 7 | 8 | Fabricio Werdum | HW | 29.57 | 23-8-1 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 9 | 9 | Alexander Volkov | HW | 27.36 | 18-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 10 | 10 | Philip De Fries | HW | 27.21 | 10-6-0 | KSW | |
| 11 | 11 | Curtis Blaydes | HW | 27.06 | 7-2-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 12 | Cain Velasquez | HW | 24.87 | 12-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -33 months. |
| 13 | 13 | Mirko Filipovic | HW | 24.06 | 34-11-2 | Bell | |
| 14 | 14 | Tomasz Narkun | HW | 23.12 | 11-3-0 | KSW | |
| 15 | 15 | Mukhomad Vakhaev | HW | 20.05 | 4-1-1 | ACB | |
| 16 | 16 | Derrick Lewis | HW | 19.96 | 10-5-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 17 | Vitaly Minakov | HW | 19.60 | 13-1-0 | Bell | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 18 | 18 | Dalcha Lungiambula | HW | 19.01 | 6-1-0 | EFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Amir Aliakbari | HW | 16.87 | 8-1-0 | ACA | |
| 20 | 20 | Evgeniy Goncharov | HW | 16.47 | 4-0-0 | WFCA | |
| 21 | 21 | Matt Mitrione | HW | 15.95 | 12-6-0 | Bell | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 22 | 22 | Blagoy Ivanov | HW | 15.78 | 12-2-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 23 | Denis Goltsov | HW | 15.04 | 12-5-0 | Leag | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 28 | 24 | Shamil Abdurakhimov | HW | 14.81 | 13-4-0 | UFC | Beat #34 Marcin Tybura |
| 25 | 25 | Josh Barnett | HW | 14.71 | 35-8-0 | UFC | --last rated win -31 months. |
Light Heavyweight - 205 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Jon Jones | LH | 78.79 | 18-1-0 | UFC | [LH title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Anthony Johnson | LH | 28.22 | 21-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -32 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Vadim Nemkov | LH | 28.15 | 5-2-0 | Bell | |
| 5 | 4 | Phil Davis | LH | 26.26 | 15-5-0 | Bell | Beat #24 Liam McGeary |
| 4 | 5 | Thiago 'Marreta' Santos | LH | 24.95 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Corey Anderson | LH | 19.92 | 7-3-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Dominick Reyes | LH | 19.54 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Aleksandar Rakic | LH | 19.37 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov | LH | 18.09 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 20 | 10 | Glover Teixeira | LH | 18.00 | 22-6-0 | UFC | Beat #18 Ion Cutelaba |
| 10 | 11 | Magomed Ankalaev | LH | 17.10 | 4-1-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 12 | Jordan Johnson | LH | 16.71 | 4-0-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 12 | 13 | Johnny Walker | LH | 16.51 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 14 | Jim Crute | LH | 16.34 | 3-0-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 15 | Maxim Grishin | LH | 15.74 | 14-4-1 | Prof | |
| 15 | 16 | Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith | LH | 15.27 | 18-8-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 17 | Mauricio Rua | LH | 15.19 | 23-11-0 | UFC | |
| 23 | 18 | Jiri Prochazka | LH | 15.13 | 9-1-1 | Rizi | Beat #41 Muhammed Lawal |
| 17 | 19 | Sean O'Connell | LH | 15.03 | 11-9-0 | Prof | |
| 19 | 20 | Mamed Khalidov | LH | 14.65 | 23-3-2 | KSW | --last rated win -23 months. |
| 21 | 21 | Khadis Ibragimov | LH | 14.51 | 3-0-0 | M-1 | |
| 22 | 22 | Tito Ortiz | LH | 14.06 | 20-12-1 | Gold | --last rated win -27 months. |
| 26 | 23 | Antonio Rogerio Nogueira | LH | 13.47 | 21-8-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 24 | Rashid Yusupov | LH | 13.38 | 5-1-0 | Prof | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 35 | 25 | Nikita Krylov | LH | 12.94 | 10-2-0 | UFC | Beat #36 Ovince St. Preux |
Middleweight - 185 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Robert Whittaker | MW | 76.05 | 12-4-0 | UFC | [MW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Georges St. Pierre | MW | 67.69 | 24-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Gegard Mousasi | MW | 54.42 | 36-6-2 | Bell | |
| 5 | 4 | Yoel Romero | MW | 41.87 | 10-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 9 | 5 | Israel Adesanya | MW | 38.62 | 5-0-0 | UFC | Beat #4 Kelvin Gastelum |
| 6 | 6 | Luke Rockhold | MW | 36.60 | 14-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -19 months. |
| 10 | 7 | Jack Hermansson | MW | 32.00 | 15-4-0 | UFC | Beat #7 Ronaldo Souza |
| 4 | 8 | Kelvin Gastelum | MW | 30.00 | 11-4-0 | UFC | Lost to #9 Israel Adesanya |
| 8 | 9 | Michael Bisping | MW | 25.86 | 24-9-0 | UFC | --last rated win -30 months. |
| 7 | 10 | Ronaldo Souza | MW | 22.27 | 22-6-0 | UFC | Lost to #10 Jack Hermansson |
| 11 | 11 | Jared Cannonier | MW | 21.82 | 4-4-0 | UFC | •5/11 vs. #56 Anderson Silva |
| 13 | 12 | Lyoto Machida | MW | 21.24 | 24-8-0 | Bell | |
| 12 | 13 | Chris Weidman | MW | 21.03 | 11-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -21 months. |
| 15 | 14 | Bruno 'Blindado' Silva | MW | 20.04 | 5-1-0 | M-1 | |
| 14 | 15 | Antonio Carlos Jr. | MW | 20.01 | 5-1-0 | UFC | •5/18 vs. #22 Ian Heinisch |
| 16 | 16 | Elias Theodorou | MW | 19.72 | 11-2-0 | UFC | •5/04 vs. #54 Derek Brunson |
| 17 | 17 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | MW | 19.07 | 6-0-0 | Bell | |
| 18 | 18 | Michal Materla | MW | 18.16 | 19-6-0 | KSW | •5/18 vs. #21 Scott Askham |
| 19 | 19 | Paulo Henrique Costa | MW | 17.14 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 20 | Aung La N Sang | MW | 16.60 | 9-4-0 | One | |
| 21 | 21 | Scott Askham | MW | 16.60 | 9-4-0 | KSW | •5/18 vs. #18 Michal Materla |
| 22 | 22 | Ian Heinisch | MW | 16.40 | 7-1-0 | UFC | •5/18 vs. #15 Antonio Carlos Jr. |
| 23 | 23 | Marc-Andre Barriault | MW | 16.27 | 3-0-0 | UFC | •5/04 vs. #48 Andrew Sanchez |
| 24 | 24 | John Salter | MW | 15.94 | 10-4-0 | Bell | |
| 25 | 25 | Brad Tavares | MW | 15.71 | 12-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
Welterweight - 170 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Kamaru Usman | WW | 67.52 | 10-0-0 | UFC | [WW title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Colby Covington | WW | 52.91 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Tyron Woodley | WW | 47.89 | 16-4-1 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Ben Askren | WW | 46.59 | 15-0-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Leon Edwards | WW | 33.57 | 11-2-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Douglas Lima | WW | 33.48 | 15-3-0 | Bell | •5/11 vs. #19 Michael Page |
| 7 | 7 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | WW | 32.57 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Jon Fitch | WW | 26.80 | 30-6-2 | Bell | Draw vs. #12 Rory MacDonald |
| 9 | 9 | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | WW | 26.01 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 10 | Ramazan Emeev | WW | 25.55 | 11-1-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 11 | Rafael dos Anjos | WW | 25.48 | 20-9-0 | UFC | •5/18 vs. #18 Kevin Lee |
| 12 | 12 | Rory MacDonald | WW | 24.10 | 15-5-1 | Bell | Draw vs. #8 Jon Fitch |
| 16 | 13 | James Nakashima | WW | 23.17 | 8-0-0 | One | Beat Luis Santos |
| 13 | 14 | Anthony Rocco Martin | WW | 22.86 | 11-4-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 15 | Jorge Masvidal | WW | 22.60 | 31-13-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 16 | Nate Diaz | WW | 22.27 | 17-11-0 | UFC | --last rated win -37 months. |
| 17 | 17 | Alexey Kunchenko | WW | 22.07 | 10-0-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 18 | Kevin Lee | WW | 21.00 | 14-4-0 | UFC | •5/18 vs. #11 Rafael dos Anjos |
| 19 | 19 | Michael Page | WW | 20.90 | 9-0-0 | Bell | •5/11 vs. #6 Douglas Lima |
| 20 | 20 | Ismail Naurdiev | WW | 20.76 | 3-1-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 21 | Anthony Pettis | WW | 20.76 | 17-8-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 22 | Andrey Koreshkov | WW | 20.55 | 14-3-0 | Bell | |
| 48 | 23 | Abdoul Abdouraguimov | WW | 20.53 | 6-0-0 | Brav | Beat #26 Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi |
| 24 | 24 | Magomed Magomedkerimov | WW | 20.32 | 7-0-0 | Prof | •5/09 vs. #123 John Howard |
| 23 | 25 | Robbie Lawler | WW | 20.19 | 29-13-0 | UFC | --last rated win -21 months. |
Lightweight - 155 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 69.46 | 13-0-0 | UFC | [LW title holder] |
| 3 | 2 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 68.53 | 20-5-0 | UFC | Beat #1 FW Max Holloway |
| 2 | 3 | Tony Ferguson | LW | 59.59 | 17-1-0 | UFC | |
| -- | 4 | Max Holloway | LW | 46.57 | 18-4-0 | UFC | Lost to #3 Dustin Poirier |
| 4 | 5 | Conor McGregor | LW | 43.24 | 13-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -29 months. |
| 5 | 6 | Michael Chandler | LW | 29.21 | 15-4-0 | Bell | •5/11 vs. #1 FW Patricio Freire @LW |
| 6 | 7 | Timofey Nastyukhin | LW | 28.16 | 5-3-0 | One | |
| 7 | 8 | Donald Cerrone | LW | 27.98 | 32-11-0 | UFC | •5/04 vs. #11 Al Iaquinta |
| 8 | 9 | Eddie Alvarez | LW | 27.19 | 25-7-0 | One | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 9 | 10 | Akhmed Aliev | LW | 27.02 | 10-1-0 | Prof | •5/23 vs. Carlos E.S. Fonseca |
| 10 | 11 | Al Iaquinta | LW | 26.95 | 9-2-0 | UFC | •5/04 vs. #8 Donald Cerrone |
| 11 | 12 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 26.30 | 14-2-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 13 | Carlos Diego Ferreira | LW | 25.73 | 9-2-0 | UFC | •5/11 vs. #38 Francisco Trinaldo |
| 13 | 14 | Charles Oliveira | LW | 24.57 | 17-8-0 | UFC | •5/18 vs. #39 Nik Lentz |
| 14 | 15 | Ali Bagov | LW | 24.21 | 11-7-0 | ACB | |
| 15 | 16 | Shinya Aoki | LW | 23.75 | 36-8-0 | One | •5/17 vs. #62 Christian Lee |
| 18 | 17 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 23.30 | 10-1-0 | UFC | Beat Arman Tsarukyan |
| 16 | 18 | Gregor Gillespie | LW | 23.07 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 19 | Patricky Freire | LW | 22.90 | 13-7-0 | Bell | |
| 19 | 20 | Mairbek Taisumov | LW | 20.61 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 21 | Yusuf Raisov | LW | 20.17 | 7-1-0 | ACB | |
| 20 | 22 | Mansour Barnaoui | LW | 20.00 | 10-4-0 | Road | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 22 | 23 | Natan Schulte | LW | 19.61 | 5-1-1 | UFC | •5/23 vs. Yincang Bao |
| 24 | 24 | Islam Mamedov | LW | 19.42 | 5-0-0 | Prof | •5/23 vs. Ylies Djiroun |
| 32 | 25 | Benson Henderson | LW | 19.37 | 24-8-0 | Bell | Beat #63 Adam Piccolotti |
Featherweight - 145 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | April results; •May schedule |
| 2 | 1 | Patricio Freire | FW | 42.08 | 15-4-0 | Bell | [new FW title holder] •5/11 vs. #6LW Michael Chandler @LW |
| 3 | 2 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 34.56 | 11-0-0 | UFC | •5/11 vs. #4 Jose Aldo (for FW title) |
| 4 | 3 | Lance Palmer | FW | 31.73 | 13-3-0 | Prof | •5/23 vs. Alex Gilpin |
| 5 | 4 | Jose Aldo | FW | 29.82 | 22-4-0 | UFC | •5/11 vs. #2 Alexander Volkanovski (for FW title) |
| 6 | 5 | Brian Ortega | FW | 27.03 | 7-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 8 | 6 | Mateusz Gamrot | FW | 26.51 | 9-0-0 | KSW | |
| 7 | 7 | Frankie Edgar | FW | 26.48 | 17-6-1 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 9 | 8 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | FW | 25.11 | 8-0-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 9 | Andre Harrison | FW | 23.66 | 13-1-0 | Prof | •5/29 vs. #107 Freddy Assuncao |
| 11 | 10 | Salman Zhamaldaev | FW | 23.51 | 9-0-0 | ACA | |
| 15 | 11 | Martin Nguyen | FW | 22.73 | 5-2-0 | One | Beat #52 Narantungalag Jadambaa |
| 12 | 12 | Pat Curran | FW | 22.29 | 13-4-0 | Bell | •5/11 vs. #18 A.J. McKee |
| 14 | 13 | Kevin Aguilar | FW | 21.69 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 14 | Ryogo Takahashi | FW | 21.48 | 9-3-0 | Shoo | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 16 | 15 | Emmanuel Sanchez | FW | 20.66 | 12-3-0 | Bell | |
| 23 | 16 | Movsar Evloev | FW | 19.64 | 6-0-0 | UFC | Beat Sung Woo Choi |
| 17 | 17 | Ricardo Lamas | FW | 18.73 | 17-7-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 18 | A.J. McKee | FW | 18.49 | 6-0-0 | Bell | •5/11 vs. #12 Pat Curran |
| 19 | 19 | Koyomi Matsushima | FW | 18.36 | 6-3-0 | One | |
| 20 | 20 | Isao Kobayashi | FW | 17.95 | 20-5-2 | Panc | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 21 | 21 | Mirsad Bektic | FW | 17.46 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 22 | Calvin Kattar | FW | 17.25 | 9-2-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 23 | Josh Emmett | FW | 16.90 | 8-2-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 24 | Arnold Allen | FW | 16.90 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 26 | 25 | Dan Ige | FW | 16.89 | 3-0-0 | UFC |
Bantamweight - 135 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Kyoji Horiguchi | BW | 47.43 | 25-2-0 | Rizi | [BW title holder] Beat #112 Ben Nguyen |
| 2 | 2 | Bibiano Fernandes | BW | 44.94 | 20-2-0 | One | |
| 3 | 3 | Marlon Moraes | BW | 38.05 | 17-3-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Aljamain Sterling | BW | 31.11 | 11-3-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Kevin Belingon | BW | 29.65 | 9-4-0 | One | |
| 7 | 6 | Victor Henry | BW | 22.93 | 10-4-0 | Russ | •5/04 vs. Nikita Chistyakov |
| 8 | 7 | Shintaro Ishiwatari | BW | 22.42 | 18-6-3 | Rizi | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 9 | 8 | Dominick Cruz | BW | 22.06 | 16-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -34 months. |
| 10 | 9 | Darrion Caldwell | BW | 21.98 | 8-2-0 | Rizi | |
| 11 | 10 | Pedro Munhoz | BW | 21.83 | 11-3-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 11 | Rafael 'Morcego' Silva | BW | 21.71 | 8-3-0 | Panc | |
| 13 | 12 | Raphael Assuncao | BW | 21.38 | 22-6-0 | UFC | |
| 49 | 13 | Cory Sandhagen | BW | 21.04 | 4-1-0 | UFC | Beat #6 John Lineker |
| 14 | 14 | Petr Yan | BW | 20.15 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 15 | Ricky Simon | BW | 20.08 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 16 | Mark Abelardo | BW | 19.48 | 4-1-0 | One | •5/11 vs. #30 Shoko Sato |
| 17 | 17 | Cody Stamann | BW | 19.29 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 18 | Stephen Loman | BW | 18.40 | 4-0-0 | BRAV | |
| 19 | 19 | Ryo Okada | BW | 18.29 | 9-3-2 | Shoo | •5/06 vs. Jean Claude Saclag |
| 20 | 20 | Said Nurmagomedov | BW | 17.86 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 21 | Go Kashiwazaki | BW | 17.47 | 11-1-2 | Zst | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 22 | 22 | Kenji Kato | BW | 17.24 | 5-0-0 | Shoo | •5/06 vs. #87 Mamoru Uoi |
| 6 | 23 | John Lineker | BW | 17.10 | 10-3-0 | UFC | Lost to #49 Cory Sandhagen |
| 23 | 24 | Tatsuya Ando | BW | 17.03 | 7-2-0 | Shoo | |
| 24 | 25 | Raoni Barcelos | BW | 16.44 | 6-1-0 | UFC | •5/11 vs. Carlos Quiroz |
Flyweight - 125 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Henry Cejudo | FL | 50.64 | 8-2-0 | UFC | [FL title holder] |
| 2 | 2 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 34.46 | 19-3-1 | One | |
| 3 | 3 | T.J. Dillashaw | FL | 31.60 | 11-3-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Jussier da Silva | FL | 26.36 | 13-5-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Danny Kingad | FL | 25.28 | 3-0-0 | One | |
| 6 | 6 | Joseph Benavidez | FL | 22.17 | 21-5-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Haruo Ochi | FL | 20.90 | 15-7-2 | Deep | |
| 9 | 8 | Tatsuki Saomoto | FL | 19.39 | 9-1-0 | Zst | |
| 10 | 9 | Azamat Kerefov | FL | 19.02 | 3-0-0 | ACA | |
| 32 | 10 | Joshua Pacio | FL | 18.71 | 2-1-0 | One | Beat #8 Yosuke Saruta |
| 11 | 11 | Askar Askarov | FL | 18.00 | 5-0-0 | ACB | |
| 12 | 12 | Adriano Moraes | FL | 17.74 | 7-2-0 | One | |
| 13 | 13 | Mitsuhisa Sunabe | FL | 16.85 | 19-8-4 | Rizi | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 14 | 14 | Shohei Masumizu | FL | 16.47 | 10-3-0 | Panc | |
| 15 | 15 | Kairat Akhmetov | FL | 16.37 | 5-2-0 | One | |
| 16 | 16 | Chihiro Suzuki | FL | 16.03 | 3-0-0 | Panc | |
| 18 | 17 | Matt Schnell | FL | 15.80 | 3-0-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 18 | Senzo Ikeda | FL | 15.70 | 9-4-1 | One | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 19 | 19 | Deiveson Figueiredo | FL | 15.39 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 20 | Zhalgas Zhumagulov | FL | 15.27 | 3-0-0 | FNG | |
| 25 | 21 | Alexandre Pantoja | FL | 14.98 | 5-1-0 | UFC | Beat Wilson Reis |
| 21 | 22 | Masatatsu Ueda | FL | 14.72 | 10-3-1 | Panc | |
| 22 | 23 | Takumi Tamaru | FL | 14.72 | 4-1-1 | Shoo | |
| 23 | 24 | Jordan Espinosa | FL | 14.30 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 25 | Yosuke Saruta | FL | 14.29 | 14-7-3 | One | Lost to #32 Joshua Pacio |